Brutal Legend tells the story of Eddie Riggs, a roadie who is transported to the strange Age of Metal, where mytical creatures and monsters from heavy metal culture have come alive. Riggs has to gather his allies and defeat terrible adversaries in order to fulfill his destiny.

The cast of voiceactors includes a variety of celebrities from the metal scene, including Ronnie James Dio and Rob Halford. The lead character is voiced by Jack Black. The game will boast the largest metal soundtrack ever found in a video game, including all-new material from a variety of talents.

Variety - February 13, 2009

Activision Blizzard is under the impression it still has publishing rights to the game. And it’s threatening to sue developer Double Fine and new publisher Electronic Arts as a result. EA has responded with its claws bared, giving me this rather pointed response:
We doubt that Activision would try to sue. That would be like a husband abandoning his family and then suing after his wife meets a better looking guy.Comments (0) | Permalink

Shacknews - June 4, 2009

Activision is suing Double Fine Productions to stop the release of Brutal Legend, The Associated Press reported, claiming it still holds a valid contract to publish the heavy metal fantasy and has invested roughly $15 million in it.Comments (0) | Permalink

Ars Technica - September 25, 2008

Kotaku is reporting something that all of us have suspected for a while: Brutal Legend is apparently not going to be published by Sierra. According to anonymous sources, it seems that the game is once again in the hands of Double Fine Studio...Comments (0) | Permalink

It's definitely not rushed to market. The game is in very good shape from what I've seen. It can make October easily. It's also pretty good.

Sales wise, EA have an opportunity here with so many titles moving to 2010. If they can continue to execute on marketing throughout the season fingers crossed it will do well. It certainly deserves to.

If you have any interest whatsoever in Metal and Video games you must buy this game!

The game is a guaranteed success among the gaming cognoscenti, and will likely be a critical darling. Tim Schafer - the man can do no wrong to this demographic.

However, that's a niche - how much EA is willing to market it will make or break the game.

The right adverts in the right places will move units. The look and style of the game can appeal to several key demographics - your Guitar Hero and Rock Band fans will like it, your Jack Black fans will like it, your Tim Schafer fans will like it, and your older gamers who grew up listening to rock and metal will like it.

I got in long at the IPO price, and I'm expecting to make a tidy profit. I can't see it hitting much higher than 200DKP, but that would be a doubling of my investment.

i was just about to short this title as it popped into my mind as it seems a lot of journalists are hyped about it but i can't see why and it seems it might be rushed to market too due to lawsuit and i found, to my delight, that the simexchange people have already guesstimated quite nicely. I was expecting from the hype for it to be aroudn 400 dkp but the current figures seem much more right to me. I'd give it less personally but i'm probably not seeing right since a lot of people in the gaming media seem hyped about it, or at the very least they'll push it...